How great is it to find a die match nearly 2000 years later. Both are beautiful coins, with very nice portraits. Fortuna on the second coin is...
Rich?
I agree. It's hard to not be interested in coins that look this nice.
I agree about the Sayles books, and personally I don't think you should invest in the RIC volumes until you know that you want/need them. They...
I just thought of a couple more books you might look into. Check out Ancient Coin Collecting by Wayne Sayles, and Collecting Greek Coins by John...
Both are good to have for reference material. Check ERIC I and II. I would also recommend on-line resources as well. If you are interested, I...
I was under the impression that it may be a caduceus similar to the example I posted above.
DECENTIUS [ATTACH]
DELMATIUS [ATTACH]
DIOCLETIAN [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
TRAJAN DECIUS [ATTACH][ATTACH]
DIADUMENIAN [ATTACH][ATTACH]
JULIA DOMNA [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
DOMITIAN [ATTACH][ATTACH]
DOMITIAN [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Not sure where this ne belongs, so I'll put it her. NERO and DRUSUS CAESAR [ATTACH]
DRUSUS [ATTACH]
NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS [ATTACH]
CONSTANTIUS GALLUS [ATTACH]
CONSTANTIUS II [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Separate names with a comma.